A long time ago (4-5 months ago), I was installing yet another Ubuntu installation. I have done this many times before on several different computers. I accidently clicked "Continue" next to "Wipe Windows 8 installation". Long story short, I was left with a $1000 Ultrabook with no OS. The recovery software was in a partition which was also deleted. Yay. I managed to find a Windows 8 ISO and used Korean pirate activation software to activate that. Best I could do. I understand that Windows 8 product keys are kept on the BIOS, but the only keys I was able to pull were the ones from the activation software. I had contacted Lenovo at the time, and wham, $180 for recovery software. So I called back and said my computer crashed, I own a flower business, and I need help. Wham. Next day I receive reinstallation software for free (they used like $50 shipping, too
). The software didn't work, and so for the last 4-5 months I have been using this installation of Windows 8. I would like to update to Windows 8.1, but since the activation was with KMS keys, that's not possible. Is there anything I can do? How can I get a legitimate Windows installation on this device? Thanks.
